Sekulic: “We played a solid game but not perfect”

ByDavid Mitchell

Alexander Sekuliccoach of Barçahad a moderately optimistic reading of what the team can do this season after what was seen in this Super Cup semi-final. “There was a lot of intensity and energy on the court, a true semi-final match. Valencia They have a great team and it was a great challenge to face them. “We played a solid game, not a perfect one,” said the Slovenian coach. “It cost us something in attack but when we started to share we did very positive things.”

Sekulic He stressed the need to work on cohesion and not so much on worrying about excellence. “We may have a bad night shooting but if we fight all the time I will be satisfied. It’s about putting our heart on the court because we play for the fans,” he declared.

The Blaugrana broke the record for rebounds captured in a Super Cup match with 51 and that gives an idea of ​​the pace of the match, with so many possessions. the finnish Oliver Nkamhoua He was the one who contributed the most with 12 and spoke at the end of the importance of this aspect of the game.

“It was very important to control the rebounds in a game with so many possessions,” stressed the Barça power forward. “On this occasion it has gone very well to slow down the game of a team like Valencia that wants to control rebounds and run,” he concluded.

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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